Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, captivates scientists with its massive size, stunning rings, and diverse moons.

The exquisite ring system extends up to 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers) from the planet, and is made up of tiny, dust-sized icy grains to chunks as big as a house, according to NASA.

Bergeron (STScI), NASA/ESA ... The chunks of rock and ice that make up the rings are being pulled into the planet by its gravity—scientists call this “ring rain.” “We estimate that ...

NASA research shows Saturn’s rings ... a delicate structure of shimmering ice, soon to become a mere ghost of cosmic history. Ring-plane crossings happen every 13 to 15 years, when Earth ...

They reveal swirling collections of ice and rocks orbiting the massive planet in broad ... Center for Astrophysics (CfA), has focused on how Saturn’s moons affect the ring environment. His work ...

Arctic sea ice hit a historic low this winter, shrinking to the smallest extent ever recorded at its seasonal peak. NASA and ...

NASA is testing radical new airplane wing designs that could drastically cut fuel use—but there's a catch: they may be more ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

A record low for Arctic winter sea ice has led to a record low for our planet's sea ice content as a whole. New research from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado ...

Overall, ice cover has declined since scientists started tracking it half a century ago. | Credit: Trent Schindler/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio New research from NASA and the National ...